The Centennial Celebrations of the City of Newton: On the Seventeenth of June and the Fourth of July,order of the City Council, 1876 - 167 pagini "This book is typical of the town histories produced more commonly in the 1880's, this one being a particularly early example. No printer is identified, which is unusual for this early date."--Hanson Collection catalog, p.54. |
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Pagina 24
... thanks for your constant attention to the business of your department , the manner of its execution , and your ready and faithful compliance with all my orders ; and I cannot help adding , on this occasion , for the zeal you have dis ...
... thanks for your constant attention to the business of your department , the manner of its execution , and your ready and faithful compliance with all my orders ; and I cannot help adding , on this occasion , for the zeal you have dis ...
Pagina 32
... thanks for the conspicuous part which was borne in the struggle by this ancient Commonwealth ; for the example and influence of that apostle of liberty whose fiery words on the floor of Congress stirred the hearts of men to their depths ...
... thanks for the conspicuous part which was borne in the struggle by this ancient Commonwealth ; for the example and influence of that apostle of liberty whose fiery words on the floor of Congress stirred the hearts of men to their depths ...
Pagina 61
... thanks of Gen. Washington in a letter written to him near the close of the war . Soon after these earlier battles , two companies were raised in Newton , seventy - four men of whom joined the army in Cambridge for eight months . Of ...
... thanks of Gen. Washington in a letter written to him near the close of the war . Soon after these earlier battles , two companies were raised in Newton , seventy - four men of whom joined the army in Cambridge for eight months . Of ...
Pagina 74
... thank thee for the era done , And trust thee for the opening one . Oh ! make thou us , through centuries long , In peace secure , and justice strong ; Around the gift of freedom draw The safeguards of thy righteous law , And , cast in ...
... thank thee for the era done , And trust thee for the opening one . Oh ! make thou us , through centuries long , In peace secure , and justice strong ; Around the gift of freedom draw The safeguards of thy righteous law , And , cast in ...
Pagina 83
... thanks , and pre- sented him with a pair of pistols , these pistols . It is fair to suppose that the commander - in - chief , with that nice . attention to the details of etiquette for which he was dis- tinguished at the busiest times ...
... thanks , and pre- sented him with a pair of pistols , these pistols . It is fair to suppose that the commander - in - chief , with that nice . attention to the details of etiquette for which he was dis- tinguished at the busiest times ...
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17th of June Abraham Fuller Alexander H anniversary army assembled battle blessings Boston Bunker Hill Cambridge Village Capt centennial celebration century-plant Chairman Charles River church citizens of Newton City Government City Hall CITY OF NEWTON Clerk Colonies Committee of Arrangements Concord Continental Congress Council Dear Sir Declaration of Independence duty EDMANDS Expires January fathers fellow-citizens fortunes to support Fourth of July freedom freemen G. D. GILMAN GEORGE hand hearts honor hundred years ago inhabitants invitation Jackson JAMES F. C. HYDE Joint Special Committee Jonathan Hyde Joseph Ward June 17 land Lexington liberty lives and fortunes Lower Falls March Massachusetts Mayor memories MICHAEL JACKSON minute-men nation Newton Centre Newton Highlands Nonantum o'er occasion patriotic peace pledge respectfully Robert Prentice Roger Sherman selectmen Seventeenth of June solemnly engage thee thou didst to-day town-meeting Trowbridge vote Washington West Newton Wiswall Woodward words
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Pagina 85 - Our fathers' God, to thee, Author of liberty, — To thee we sing: Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light; Protect us by thy might, Great God, our King.
Pagina 37 - This species infests a great variety of plants, and is to be found throughout our country from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Pagina 133 - You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independency. Be assured that these are not facts, but calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall ever esteem a union with you to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness...
Pagina 42 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Pagina 34 - GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us ; And cause his face to shine upon us. That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations.
Pagina 137 - My native country! thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, .Like that above.
Pagina 137 - God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen: Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us: God save the Queen.
Pagina 30 - Columbia ! happy land! Hail, ye heroes ! heaven-born band! Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, And when the storm of war was gone Enjoyed the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies.
Pagina 74 - OUR fathers' God! from out whose hand The centuries fall like grains of sand, We meet to-day, united, free, And loyal to our land and Thee, To thank Thee for the era done, And trust Thee for the opening one.
Pagina 133 - But if you are determined that your ministers shall wantonly sport with the rights of mankind : if neither the voice of justice, the dictates of the law, the principles of the constitution, or the suggestions of humanity, can restrain your hands from shedding human blood in such an impious cause, we must then tell you, that we will never submit to be hewers of wood or drawers of water for any ministry or nation in the world.